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"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)

The CoFSM is regularly attacked by the forces of Satan, or at least Legions of spammers. A few of us battle them as best we can with the available tools. Most can be exterminated before they are visible to the rest of the board. Some few make initial posts here but do not go on to post in other topics -- or even log-in again -- before being purged. Did you have helpful remarks to make on this topic?

I will honor Monkey in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.~Charles "Darwin" Dickens

pieces o'nine wrote:Did you have helpful remarks to make on this topic?

Purge out inactive users that haven't posted in 2 years or longer. It is very hard to search for members. Were you actually craving helpful remarks?

I'm sure that I am not the first to make this recommendation. Do you plan on utilizing my helpful remarks, ignoring them, insulting them or entirely something different?

juicegiver

Thank you for the novel suggestion, and I do apologize that we aren't clearing them quickly enough to suit you. I've personally eradicated 10,000 inactive members off the roles just from 2013, and that's not counting the 1-4 pages of new ones creating their spammy little accounts every day. That's also not counting the ones WOE exterminates every day. And that's also not counting the ones exterminated by all other past and present mods and admins... Some spammers are actually quite industrious and do not appear to have any real world responsibilities to interfere with their activity on various forums.

One does need to be a little careful in this extremely tiresome and irritating exercise, especially after a long day in the work world; it would be a great pity to accidentally ban the IP of a member who was planning to post eventually, but who just hadn't gotten around to it yet, wouldn't it?

I will honor Monkey in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.~Charles "Darwin" Dickens

pieces o'nine wrote:creating their spammy little accounts every day. Some spammers are actually quite industrious and do not appear to have any real world responsibilities to interfere with their activity on various forums.

I didn't realize there were so many phoney accounts. Ignore me. I've never managed an interactive website.

Also, keep in mind that sometimes active members go into hibernation for extended periods to do RL things like attend university (Elvalia, for example), or potentially serve time in the military (LLR and his ilk), or serve time in the local penitentiary (Worley ).

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."